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The Gambian President, Yahya Jammeh, has hit out at regional mediators urging him to step down, saying he will not be intimidated. Check also: Gambian President Jammeh Refuses To Step Down President Jammeh had earlier conceded defeat in the election, after a 22-year-rule, but recanted a week later, asking for fresh polls to be conducted by a “god-fearing and independent electoral ...

BANJUL — Gambian President Yahya Jammeh said he would not step down and condemned mediation by West African regional bloc ECOWAS that aims to get him to leave power after he lost a Dec. 1 election to challenger Adama Barrow. Check also: Gambia Also Decided To Withdrawal From ICC The comments on state television late Tuesday were a hardening of the veteran ...